A present from Rye
We took our holidays in Rye this year, and found ourselves to be staying 5 minutes walk from the Merchant and Mills shop. You may have noticed that i haven’t … Continue reading
Me Made … a different month
Interesting lesson learnt from Me Made May this year, although probably not too surprising. Forget May! I need to do this during a different month in future. Bear in mind … Continue reading
Me Made May 22
I look forward to Me Made May. Apart from joining in with SewBrum (which i didn’t do last year), it about the only sewing event that i join these days. … Continue reading
Multi use children’s patterns
One cannot stop sewing forever! Amongst other things, the results of sewing usually come about much faster than cross stitch and embroidery. Having said that, the sewing process creates a … Continue reading
Atlantic Surf
My second piece of cross stitching has gone ‘off piste’, as some of my friends would say. In other words, i did not use a pattern or template; i just … Continue reading
Cornwall cross stitch
My mother did loads and loads of cross stitch work. Having just completed my first piece of work, i appreciate even more than previously, how many hours / days / … Continue reading
Inspired by Packwood House
It’s a long time since i last created a blog post. I’m still stitching; in fact, almost every day. However, i haven’t made any clothes for myself since the end … Continue reading
A Beginner’s Guide to Screen Printing
There are many; and this isn’t really one if them! Some just say to take your screen, your item to print, along with your design template, and just pull the … Continue reading
Smocking
Clearly it’s a dying skill, because spell-checks have all sorts of trouble with the word! Thanks yet again to the Maker’s Atelier magazine (Summer 21) for inspiration for this project. … Continue reading
Me Made May – how it went
My objective this year was to try to wear garments that i have made post March 20, some of which have had very little wear since being made. My initial … Continue reading
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